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Communication: FOURTH PERIOD

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IPv4 and IPv6 are the two current versions of IP. Which of the answers below is the defining difference between the two protocols?
There are several stages in the alarm lifecycle. Which of these stages is there alarm shelving and some refresher training?
Which of the terms below can be best described as a standard set of command codes that every HART compatible device has to have?
Every network interface must have a physical address in an Ethernet network. Which of the network components below contains these addresses?
SCADA control systems are similar to other control system, but the components for a SCADA system vary slightly. Which of the components below would be designed to reduce transmission of the records of alarms and/or events?
Which of the terms below best describes the electromagnetic noise that corrupts transmitted wave forms with echoes of itself?
Which of the solutions below is best used with analog transmissions in the field to help prevent errors in transmissions?
Baseband NRZ signalling is the standard for all physical connections with Ethernet. Which of the signalling methods below has the disadvantage of losing the clock signal when spaces are transmitted for an extended series?
There are numerous I/O modules that a typical DCS has access to. Which of the modules below is described as one that converts 8 or 16 inputs to a digital signal?
A DCS can be programmed with function blocks that are needed to execute specific tasks. Which of the answers below describes where the information to define these tasks comes from?
A typical HMI has several subsystems attached to it. Which of the subsystems below would be involved in the guardianship HMI operating system?
Modbus protocol can implement data encapsulation over IP based networks. Which of the statements below is an advantage of using encapsulation?
The industrial network topologies you are required to use is defined by the OSI network model. Which of the common topologies below is likely described as a network that has a single common channel that connects to all the nodes in the network individually?
The field instrument to PLC communication is best defined by which of the answers below?
Which answer below is best described as the RS-485 standard for voltage range to receive a "Mark"?
There are several types of converters. Which one of the answers below is best known as a "Repeater"?
Which of the answers below best represents the additional requirements to allow protocol conversion?
Ethernet network components provide several ISO layers of transmission control. Which of the network components below has transmission controls on the ISO network layer and possibly the data link layers?
IPv4 network classes can also be defined by the IP address they use. Which of the answers corresponds best to the address in row "C"?
The wired Ethernet transmission standards are defined by the OSI model layers. Which of the answers below is one of those defining layers?
Redundant capability is critical for any DCS. Which of the availability of redundancy below would have redundant I/O, controllers and networks?
There are a collection of standards that defines the access control for wired Ethernet. Which one of the answers below is the standard for physical connections between devices being copper or fiber-optic media?
IPv4 addresses are expressed in four components. Which of the terms below is used to name those four components?
SCADA control systems are similar to other control system, but the components for a SCADA system vary slightly. Which of the components below would be designed to reduce intermittent communication?
Modbus has standard command codes to allow the master to access information from it's slaves. Which of the commands below would be used to write the contents of two output holding registers # 40002 & 40003 to the slave device